It's official—PlayStation 3 rhythm game Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F is headed to the U. S. and Europe, and you'll even get to try the game out before its release. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F will be available as both a retail packaged game as ...

Along with swapping Linked Horizon's "Guren no Yumiya" for "Jiyuu he no Tsubasa" (Wings to Freedom), Attack on Titan will be getting a new end theme. Japanese alternative rock band Cinema Staff (written as "cinema staff") will be performing the sh...

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will use a different voice-actor for Snake. Konami announced this morning that Kiefer Sutherland will be voicing the character, as well as doing the motion capture for him.

Atsushi Ohkubo's story enters climax next month, before ending 1 chapter later The July issue of Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine is announcing on Wednesday that Atsushi Ohkubo is ending his Soul Eater manga in two more chapters.

Sucker Punch Productions has just released a developer's diary for their upcoming game on the Playstation 4, inFamous: Second Son. The story takes place 7 years after the events of InFamous 2 in a different location but still in America.

The Kamen Rider GIRLS are now the Shocker GIRLS? ! As part of the Shocker Project, the Kamen Rider GIRLS will have a new single called "SSS ～Shock Shocker Shockest～" and will go by the name of Shocker GIRLS.

According to the movie's official website, the cast for Hayao Miyazaki's new movie Kaze ga Tachinu (The Wind Rises) has been revealed. Taking on the main character Jiro Horikoshi, the historic designer of the World War II Zero fighter, will be non...

Namco Bandai Games has revealed some more info on their upcoming game featuring heroines from ten different anime, including old and new characters. How many do you recognize? Super Heroine Chronicle is a strategy RPG for the PS3 and PS Vita.

The staff of next year's live-action Black Butler film has released three new images of Hiro Mizushima and Ayame Gōriki in costume as Sebastian Michaelis and Shiori Genpō, a descendant of the prestigious aristocratic family Phantomhive, respectively.

PA Works (Tari Tari, Hanasaku Iroha) and Kôji Kumeta (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei) will be teaming up on an adaptation of Tatami Galaxy author Tomihiko Morimi's Uchōten Kazoku. In the compounding of literary minded talents, Kumeta will be providing o...

This summer's anime adaptation of Spike Chunsoft's (Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi) Danganronpa: The Academy of Hope and the High School Students of Despair takes a host of student character types, exaggerates the hell out of them, pairs them wit...

Filming for Kuroshitsuji, the live action film version of Yana Toboso's popular manga, has finally been completed. Hiro Mizushima, who will be performing as Sebastian, expressed his belief that the film will showcase all the hard work he put into ...

It turns out that it's going to be a very busy summer for the makers of Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui! aka Watamote. As with the season's adaptation of Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Baka and Test's Shin Oonuma will b...

Perfume has just been invited in a media/advertisement festival in France called 'Cannes Lions International Creative Festival'. To appear in such an event is a first for the girls, and a first for Japanese artists.

To the cheers of Miku fans and vocaloid fans everywhere, Sega has just announced that the PS3 version of Project Diva F, the latest in the line of vocaloid-based rhythm games, will be coming to North America and Europe this August.

Believe it or not, there will be two genders in Kyoto animation's sexy swimming anime Free! , now scheduled to air its first episode on Tokyo MX July the 3rd at 24:30. Gou Matsuoka - voiced by Akeno Watanabe (Witch Hunter Robin, Fate/zero's Nat...

Will it address the plot holes from the original, or will it just be another niche western remake? Universal Pictures (Oblivion, Despicable Me and Despicable 2, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax) has acquired the rights to adapt the 2007 CG anime film, Vexille...

Kana Hanazawa, the voice behind Kuroneko and Charlotte Dunois, is one of the most popular voice actresses these days, and now she has landed one of her quirkiest roles yet — the mascot of an educational English game!

The official images of S. H. FiguArts Ptera Ranger has surfaced online. This figure represents the only female member of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. The figure is likely to be released in the U. S. under the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy line.

Once again an interesting mail has arrived! Hello Mikatan! I look forward to your blog all the time! The other day I bought a Nendoroid. It was a load of fun to swap all the cute parts around and I was very satisfied with my purchase, but there wa...

With the pre-E3 2013 show revealed just about an hour ago, Konami reveals a short list of games from all platforms, from mobile games to console games. Skipping all the typical western gaming influences, we dug out the two main highlights of the p...

Nippon Ichi Software has revealed some more information on their next action-RPG, including new characters and weapons. As usual, the weapons kick butt and the characters are rather colourful. NIS's games tend to have strange story elements.

Along with a new E3 trailer, Square Enix has finally released details on the Lightning Ultimate Box bundle of their next Final Fantasy instalment. Lightning Returns will continue where previous installments to the Final Fantasy XIII games started,...

Upcoming TV anime series Uchoten Kazoku announced its broadcast schedule today. The series' official website also revealed its key visuals as well as a new promotion video for the series. Sadly the video on the official site is region restricted b...

Popular rock unit Porno Graffitti will be having their first slew of overseas live performances this coming summer. "We want to meet this great challenge by having great fun," says Porno Graffitti as expression of their vigour and excitement.

Here are the official images of S. H. FiguArts White Wizard. This figure represents the mysterious white mage that gave Haruto the power to transform into Kamen Rider Wizard. This figure stands 150mm tall and comes with the Cerberus and White Garu...

After two successful live-action adaptations starring Kenichi Matsuyama in 2011 as well as a successful anime adaptation in 2004 by Gonzo, the original manga will have its final curtain call in the next issue of Young Jump.

Following up on last week's "short trailer", movie distributor Shochiku has posted the longer preview for the sixth part of the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 sci-fi anime remake. "Arrival at the Great Magelanic Galaxy" plays in Japanese theaters Ju...

I haven't received a single e-mail this week, thus no "Ask John" article so far this week. This entry was posted on Thursday, June 6th, 2013 at 1:28 pm and is filed under Ask John. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.

Siliconera recently saw a slice of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, which took place in Yusnaan, it's like the Sin City in Lightning's world. Hope acts as Lightning's navigator and the two characters continually talk as you walk through the ...